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REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS

249-Jurisdiction Global Coverage Register

An ISO-indexed navigation and research register showing 114 report-backed profiles and 135 transparent research queues without adjudicating sovereignty, recognition, legitimacy, borders, or moral status.

LEVEL 1

ORIENTATION

Why this matters

REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

One-sentence brief

“Global” should not mean a handful of powerful states. Naming the entire queue prevents regional omission while refusing to publish invented or thin country claims before suitable sources and reviewers exist.

REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

Three key points

  1. 249 ISO navigation entries are visible.
  2. 114 report-backed profiles are published.
  3. 135 entries are explicitly research queued.
  4. ISO indexing and display names do not adjudicate recognition or sovereignty.
LEVEL 2

WORKING BRIEF

Evidence, context, and limits

REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

What this registry means

The registry uses ISO 3166-1 entries as a practical navigation and workload baseline. Inclusion, omission, ordering, code assignment, or display name does not settle sovereignty, diplomatic recognition, constitutional status, borders, legitimacy, or moral standing. Separately tracked disputed or non-ISO cases require explicit legal-status notes rather than silent resolution.

  • PROFILE PUBLISHED means a supplied report supports a structured public baseline.
  • RESEARCH QUEUED means the jurisdiction is visible but no invented institutional assessment is published.
  • Published does not mean independently verified or permanently current.
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Jurisdictions E–H

38 ISO navigation entries appear in this alphabetical band. Status records publication state only, not importance or capability.

  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Ecuador [EC]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Egypt [EG]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — El Salvador [SV]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Equatorial Guinea [GQ]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Eritrea [ER]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Estonia [EE]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Eswatini [SZ]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Ethiopia [ET]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Falkland Islands (Malvinas) [FK]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Faroe Islands [FO]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Fiji [FJ]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Finland [FI]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — France [FR]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — French Guiana [GF]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — French Polynesia [PF]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — French Southern Territories [TF]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Gabon [GA]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Gambia [GM]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Georgia [GE]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Germany [DE]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Ghana [GH]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Gibraltar [GI]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Greece [GR]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Greenland [GL]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Grenada [GD]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Guadeloupe [GP]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Guam [GU]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Guatemala [GT]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Guernsey [GG]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Guinea [GN]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Guinea-Bissau [GW]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Guyana [GY]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Haiti [HT]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Heard Island and McDonald Islands [HM]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Holy See and Vatican City State [VA]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Honduras [HN]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Hong Kong [HK]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Hungary [HU]
REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

Jurisdictions I–L

27 ISO navigation entries appear in this alphabetical band. Status records publication state only, not importance or capability.

  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Iceland [IS]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — India [IN]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Indonesia [ID]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Iran [IR]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Iraq [IQ]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Ireland [IE]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Isle of Man [IM]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Israel [IL]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Italy [IT]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Jamaica [JM]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Japan [JP]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Jersey [JE]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Jordan [JO]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Kazakhstan [KZ]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Kenya [KE]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Kiribati [KI]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Kuwait [KW]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Kyrgyzstan [KG]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Laos [LA]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Latvia [LV]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Lebanon [LB]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Lesotho [LS]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Liberia [LR]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Libya [LY]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Liechtenstein [LI]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Lithuania [LT]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Luxembourg [LU]
REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

Jurisdictions M–P

49 ISO navigation entries appear in this alphabetical band. Status records publication state only, not importance or capability.

  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Macao [MO]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Madagascar [MG]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Malawi [MW]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Malaysia [MY]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Maldives [MV]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Mali [ML]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Malta [MT]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Marshall Islands [MH]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Martinique [MQ]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Mauritania [MR]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Mauritius [MU]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Mayotte [YT]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Mexico [MX]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Micronesia, Federated States of [FM]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Moldova [MD]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Monaco [MC]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Mongolia [MN]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Montenegro [ME]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Montserrat [MS]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Morocco [MA]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Mozambique [MZ]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Myanmar [MM]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Namibia [NA]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Nauru [NR]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Nepal [NP]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Netherlands [NL]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — New Caledonia [NC]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — New Zealand [NZ]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Nicaragua [NI]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Niger [NE]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Nigeria [NG]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Niue [NU]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Norfolk Island [NF]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — North Korea [KP]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — North Macedonia [MK]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Northern Mariana Islands [MP]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Norway [NO]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Oman [OM]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Pakistan [PK]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Palau [PW]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Panama [PA]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Papua New Guinea [PG]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Paraguay [PY]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Peru [PE]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Philippines [PH]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Pitcairn [PN]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Poland [PL]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Portugal [PT]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Puerto Rico [PR]
REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

Jurisdictions Q–T

53 ISO navigation entries appear in this alphabetical band. Status records publication state only, not importance or capability.

  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Qatar [QA]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Romania [RO]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Russia [RU]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Rwanda [RW]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Réunion [RE]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Barthélemy [BL]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha [SH]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Kitts and Nevis [KN]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Lucia [LC]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Martin (French part) [MF]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Pierre and Miquelon [PM]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [VC]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Samoa [WS]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — San Marino [SM]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Sao Tome and Principe [ST]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Saudi Arabia [SA]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Senegal [SN]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Serbia [RS]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Seychelles [SC]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Sierra Leone [SL]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Singapore [SG]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Sint Maarten (Dutch part) [SX]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Slovakia [SK]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Slovenia [SI]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Solomon Islands [SB]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Somalia [SO]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — South Africa [ZA]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [GS]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — South Korea [KR]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — South Sudan [SS]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Spain [ES]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Sri Lanka [LK]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — State of Palestine [PS]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Sudan [SD]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Suriname [SR]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Svalbard and Jan Mayen [SJ]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Sweden [SE]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Switzerland [CH]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Syria [SY]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Taiwan [TW]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Tajikistan [TJ]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Tanzania [TZ]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Thailand [TH]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Timor-Leste [TL]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Togo [TG]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Tokelau [TK]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Tonga [TO]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Trinidad and Tobago [TT]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Tunisia [TN]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Turkmenistan [TM]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Turks and Caicos Islands [TC]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Tuvalu [TV]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Türkiye [TR]
REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

Jurisdictions U–Z

18 ISO navigation entries appear in this alphabetical band. Status records publication state only, not importance or capability.

  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Uganda [UG]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Ukraine [UA]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — United Arab Emirates [AE]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — United Kingdom [GB]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — United States [US]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — United States Minor Outlying Islands [UM]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Uruguay [UY]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Uzbekistan [UZ]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Vanuatu [VU]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Venezuela [VE]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Vietnam [VN]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Virgin Islands, British [VG]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Virgin Islands, U.S. [VI]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Wallis and Futuna [WF]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Western Sahara [EH]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Yemen [YE]
  • PROFILE PUBLISHED — Zambia [ZM]
  • RESEARCH QUEUED — Zimbabwe [ZW]
DISPUTED / MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS

Contested names, territories, and special arrangements

ISO terminology can differ from common local or international usage. Some peoples, territories, associated states, dependencies, and disputed entities fall outside or across the registry’s navigation logic. Editors must state naming choices, preserve aliases, and avoid presenting a technical code list as a legal judgment.

  • Taiwan is displayed as Taiwan for reader clarity while the ISO code remains TW.
  • The Holy See and Vatican City State profile explains the distinct legal entities.
  • Free association, dependencies, and contested-recognition cases require separate status notes.
REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

Research prioritization

Queued work is prioritized by geographic coverage gaps, institutional diversity, source availability, freshness need, correction risk, language and reviewer capacity, and the need to avoid overrepresenting powerful or English-language states. Alliance, military power, wealth, and geopolitical popularity do not determine priority.

LEVEL 3

COMPLETE DOSSIER

Limitations, game links, and review context

DISPUTED / MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS

Known limitations and gaps

  • The 195-jurisdiction baseline is an editorial planning convention, not a legal determination of recognition or sovereignty.
  • Regional classification is used for navigation and does not define cultural identity or political alignment.
  • Queued status means no country-specific claim page exists yet; it does not imply the country lacks intelligence or security institutions.
  • Territories and contested-status jurisdictions require separate legal and historical research.
LEVEL 4

RESEARCH EDITION

Sources, methods, and stable links

REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

Linked reports

REAL-WORLD VERIFIED

Method and corrections

This page follows the public method for provenance, confidence, source independence, alternative accounts, limitations, review state, and visible correction.

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